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Genetic and functional evaluation of the role of DLL1 in susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in India.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2012
Mehrotra Sanjana, Fakiola Michaela, Mishra Anshuman, Sudarshan Medhavi, Tiwary Puja, Rani Deepa Selvi, Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Rai Madhukar, Sundar Shyam, Blackwell Jenefer M
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 6q26-27 is linked to susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil and Sudan. DLL1 encoding the Delta-like 1 ligand for Notch 3 was implicated as the etiological gene. DLL1 belongs to the family of Notch ligands known to selectively drive antigen-specific CD4 T helper 1 cell responses, which are important in protective immune response in leishmaniasis. Here we provide further genetic and...
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